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1993 American Silver Eagle : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   Silver's average spot price in 1993 jumped to $4.31, 36¢ higher than the metal averaged in 1992. Demand for the bullion...
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Three-Cent Silver, Type 2 (1854-1858) | CoinWeek

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... Type 1 | Type 2 | Type 3 * * * Though the initial production of Three-Cent Silver coins helped meet the need...
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Three-Cent Silver, Type 3 (1859-1873) | CoinWeek

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   Type 1 | Type 2 | Type 3 * * * The Type 2 design modification of the Three-Cent Silver coin failed to...
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1992-D Lincoln Memorial Cent : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The Denver Mint struck nearly 4.5 billion Lincoln Memorial Cents in 1992, which in a...
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Liberty Head Eagle, With Motto (1866-1907) | CoinWeek

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The $10 gold eagle was the largest denomination coin authorized by the Mint Act of 1792, but an unfavorable silver-to-gold ratio...

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Roman Household Gods on Coins

By Dr. Steve Benner for CoinWeek .....   Most people who are even remotely familiar with the Roman Empire can name some of the gods that...

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Modern Quarters Worth Money

By CoinWeek .... Have you ever looked through your change, wondering if any of the coins you have might be valuable? Some of them are....

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Ten Powerful and Beautiful Women on Coins

By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek .....   Janina Żółtowska The first woman on this list, depicted on the Polish 2, 5, and 10 Zlote coins between 1932...

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Costco Gold Bars Earn Almost 25% Return for Early Buyers

By Hubert Walker for CoinWeek ....   Since the summer of 2023, Costco has offered its members 24-carat, .9999 fine PAMP Suisse 1oz gold bars, both...

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Kernel – Inner Disc of a Bimetallic Coin

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   (n.) In numismatic terms, the kernel is the central or inner disc of a bimetallic coin....

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Series of 1933 $10 Silver Certificate

Fr. 1700. Dubbed the "King of the Small Size Currency Notes", the Series of 1933 $10 Silver Certificate (Fr. 1700) is very rare. Out...

Künker 2024 Berlin Auction Realizes 10.9 Million Euros in One Day

By Künker GmbH ......   Every year, Künker’s flagship sale with important numismatic rarities kicks off the World Money Fair in Berlin, Germany. This also held...

1990 American Silver Eagle : A Collector’s Guide

The 1990 American Silver Eagle saw a slight production increase over the 1988 and 1989 year-end totals. With a mintage of 5,840,110 pieces, the...

Shield Nickel, With Rays (1866-1867) : A Collector’s Guide

Introduced following the end of the Civil War, the Shield nickel was the nation's first five-cent piece with nickel metal content. The coin was...

Condition Rarity – When to Look for It, When to Be Leery of It

(n.) The term condition rarity can refer to two things: ) A coin that is considered rare because of its exceptional state of preservation. This...

Sacagawea Dollar (2000-Present) : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The Sacagawea Dollar Follows More Than Two Centuries of Dollar Coin Flops Over the course of...

MS64 : The In-Between Grade

MS64 is an in-between grade that splits the difference between MS63 (Choice) and MS65 (Gem). On January 1, 1986, NCI (Numismatic Certification Institute), a Dallas,...

Selvage – A US Paper Money Security Feature

(n.) The term selvage refers to the extra paper around the edge of paper money before it is cut – sometimes used as a security...

Terminal Point and How It Impacts Certified Coins

(n.) The "terminal point" is the highest possible grade where the cost of submitting a coin to a third-party grading service is still higher than...

Spurious Set – Collecting Coins by Theme

(n.) As used by coin writer Susan Headley, a spurious set is any set of coins that lack a true relationship to each other except...

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